"Pennies for Pink"

Bonnie’s Bus is a mobile mammography unit that provides breast cancer screening throughout West Virginia, especially in rural parts of the state with limited or no access to screening mammography.

We will start collecting money on Tuesday, September 26th to Wednesday, October 18th. Students can bring in money to their morning AA classroom teacher and it will be counted daily. The grade level that collects the most money will get to board the busses first to go over to the field for the game against Mountaineer Middle School! We will also be in competition against Mountaineer Middle School for the most money raised. The winner gets to keep the spirit stick for the entire year! WIMS won last year and we want it again!

The bus provides mammograms to individuals who fall within screening guidelines in a comfortable, convenient environment. Screening is provided for women and men, with private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, or those who qualify for the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Uninsured patients living in West Virginia who are age 40 and older can receive a screening mammogram on the Bus through the generosity of grant funding and donations.

Bonnie’s Bus was created in honor of Bonnie Wells Wilson, who succumbed to breast cancer in rural West Virginia because of limited access to screening mammography. Bonnie’s daughter and son-in-law, Jo and Ben Statler, established Bonnie’s Bus in 2009 with a generous donation to help prevent other families from losing a loved one to breast cancer.

Since 2009, Bonnie’s Bus has:

• Provided more than 29,000 screening mammograms
• Detected more than 165 cases of breast cancer
• Traveled more than 225,000 miles
• Completed more than 1,000 screening days so far in 2023
• Funded at least 2,300 mammograms through grant funding and donations

• Learn about the destructive effects of breast cancer
• Educate your family and friends
• Take action-BE PROCACTIVE!

Wear your Pink to the daytime game!

#Pinkisstrongerthanyouthink!

Drop these #'s on all social media postings!

Also send pictures to Mary Mayer for the WIMS Yearbook